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Match Recap: Men's Tennis | | Shea Stanton, Intern Assistant SID

Thimons accounts for two wins as W&J drops PAC match to Franciscan, 7-2


WASHINGTON, Pa. -- The Washington & Jefferson College men's tennis team dropped a 7-2 decision to a top Presidents' Athletic Conference opponent with Franciscan Saturday in Washington, Pa. 

The loss drops the Presidents to 3-8 overall and 2-5 in conference play. Franciscan moves to 5-9 overall and 4-1 in PAC matches. 

First-year member of the tennis team and dual-sport athlete Jaren Thimons (Valencia, Pa. / North Catholic) had an impressive day as he was the only President to complete the day with a 2-0 record between singles and doubles matches. Thimons took a close victory over the Barons James Scanlon at the sixth singles slot while earning another close outing with fellow President Nate Clarke (New Kensington, Pa. / Valley) as they took an 8-6 win over the Barons third singles pairing.

The Presidents also saw completive performances from freshman Alex Duing (Pittsburgh, Pa. / South Park) and Abhinav Yarramaneni (Mountain View, Calif. / Los Altos) at second and third singles. Duing lost his first set but flipped the match completely as he would rally for a 6-2 set two win. Ultimately Duing would fall to the Barons Aidan Palladino 6-2 in the final set.

Yarramaneni took his matchup with the Barons into extra sets as they would trade set victories (6-3, 3-6). Yarramaneni would also ultimately fall in an extra set by a score of 10-6 in a tightly contested battle with the Barons Samuel Sabol.

W&J returns to competition on Tuesday, April 18 in Washington for a matchup with Geneva College. First serve is scheduled for 4 p.m. 
 
 Singles competition 
1. Travis Mistry (FRN) def. Jackson Akers (WJC) 6-0, 6-2
2. Aidan Palladino (FRN) def. Alex Duing (WJC) 6-1, 2-6, 6-2
3. Samuel Sabol (FRN) def. Abhinav Yarramaneni (WJC) 6-3, 3-6, 1-0 (10-6)
4. Benjamin Sabol (FRN) def. Nate Clarke (WJC) 6-0, 6-2
5. Callahan Hecton (FRN) def. Connor Simms (WJC) 6-1, 6-1
6. Jaren Thimons (WJC) def. James Scanlon (FRN) 7-6, 6-5
 
 Doubles competition 
1. Travis Mistry/Aidan Palladino (FRN) def. Abhinav Yarramaneni/Alex Duing (WJC) 8-0
2. Benjamin Sabol/Samuel Sabol (FRN) def. Jackson Akers/Connor Simms (WJC) 8-4
3. Nate Clarke/Jaren Thimons (W&J) def. James Scanlon/Callahan Hecton (FRN) 8-6
 
 
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